Guest Blog by Heidi Mattern I’m walking with a friend, and we’re discussing our writing projects. Suddenly I blurt out, “I just realized I’ve been keeping a journal for 45 years!” “Wow!” says my friend. “How has that affected your life?” “I know myself so much better. I can listen within and love myself more … Continue reading The Gift of Journal Writing
Guest Blog by Al Thompson Many of us today are in various degrees of awareness of racism. While suggesting people become “woke” by doing this or that, following some kind of regimen, I feel that many of us older white folks might take a moment to examine our personal history. Maybe having people become more … Continue reading Through the Eyes of a Child
Guest Blog by Karl Bach We are travelers. We meet for moment in this sacred place To love, to share, to serve. Let us use compassion, curiosity, reverence and respect While seeking our truths. In this way we will support a just and joyful community, And this moment shall endure. In 1997 when our Fellowship … Continue reading Our Covenant, Our Guide
Guest Blog by Better Oppenheimer and Irv Mortensen Being connected to QUUF virtually throughout the pandemic has been a gift. While it hasn’t felt much like “normal church,” the connection to everyone through Sunday services, weekly updates, chats and events has meant a lot to us, for the same reasons that QUUF means a lot … Continue reading Being Connected
Guest Blog by Colleen Johnson At our congregational meeting on January 10, we adopted a mission statement to guide our thinking and discussions, our programs, and our budget in the coming year. The mission statement is: “We come together to seek our truths, honor our diversity, serve with love, and work for justice in our … Continue reading How to Fulfill Our Mission?
Guest Blog by Kathy Stevenson Ours is a dynamic religion, designed to encourage us to educate ourselves, explore new truths, raise our consciousness and respond to changes in our culture. When the women’s movement led us in changing the male-centric language in our initial 6 Principles, all of our Principles were updated. At the same … Continue reading An 8th UU Principle?
Guest Blog by Frances Loubere * It used to be the colo(u)r of a pallid sky and dog pee mixed with soggy leaves on clumps of tired snow. This was back in Birmingham, England where I grew up, and where just enough snow fell for it to be exciting, because then my father took us … Continue reading What Color is January?
Guest Blog by Kate Madson Receiving help can be challenging. I’m comfortable borrowing a friend’s trailer since I previously took care of her cat, or asking a neighbor to drop my books at the library since I would pick up his auction item at church. But sometimes reciprocity is unlikely. I can’t “repay” the companionship … Continue reading The Gift of Letting Others Give to You
Guest Blog by Katy Taylor We live in a culture of polarities that encourages us to construct polarities in our lives: good vs. bad, what I like vs. what I dislike, warm vs. cold, comfortable vs. uncomfortable, relaxation vs. work, etc. One polarity that arises this time of year is dreading the arrival of … Continue reading Winter Solstice
Guest Blog by Nan Toby Tyrrell One of the joys of being Jewish is the opportunity to stop my ordinary life on Friday at sunset and light two white Sabbath candles, repeat the prayers, and let go of the present anxieties and everyday concerns. Instead I turn my soul, heart, and mind to a higher … Continue reading Reflections on the Sabbath on the Cusp of Hanukah
